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Roberto Arenas
Gonzalez General Hospital

Roberto Estrada
University of Guerrero

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ISBN: 978-1-57059-493-9
Pub date: 2001-01-01
358 pages
195 figures
8 tables

About this book

Tropical diseases are not merely a group of nosologic diseases indigenous to the intertropical zone. Many are diseases of poor public health originating from poverty, ignorance, and population upheaval. Tropical dermatoses represent a public health problem in 127 countries with a population of 3 billion people who do not have access to health care. Currently, infectious and parasitic diseases along with emergent diseases such as AIDS, or old re-emergent, drug-resistant diseases constitute the majority of tropical dermatoses. This handbook presents the geographical distribution, etiology, clinical picture, and treatment of dermatoses in the tropics.

Table of contents

Dermatophytosis
Roberto Arenas

Pityriasis Versicolor
Roberto Arenas

Candidiasis
Roberto Arenas

Tinea Nigra
Alexandro Bonifaz

Tricosporonosis
Roberto Arenas and Martin Arce

Erythrasma
Roberto Arenas and Martin Arce

Pitted Keratolysis
Roberto Arenas

Trichomycosis
Roberto Arenas

Protothecosis
Victor Fernando Munoz-Estrada and Jorge A. Mayorga-Rodriguez

Actinomycosis
Alexandro Bonifaz

Botryomycosis
Alexandro Bonifaz and Clemente Moreno-Collado

Mycetoma (Madura Foot)
Roberto Arenas and Pedro Lavalle

Sporotrichosis
Roberto Arenas

Chromoblastomycosis
Alexandro Bonifaz

Lobomycosis (Jorge Lobo's Disease)
Clarisse Zaitz

Entomophtoromycosis
Jorge A. Mayorga-Rodriguez and Fernando Munoz-Estrada

Rhinosporidiosis
Jorge Vega-Nunez

Coccidioidomycosis
Oliverio Welsh

Paracoccidioidomycosis
Clarisse Zaitz

Histoplasmosis
Ruben Lopez-Martinez

Penicilliosis Due to Penicillium Marneffei
Rataporn Ungpakorn

Leprosy
J. Octavio Flores-Alonso

Cutaneous Tuberculosis
Roberto Arenas

Atypical Mycobacteriosis
Roberto Arenas

Impetigo
Roberto Cortes-Franco

Folliculitis/Furunculosis
Roberto Cortes-Franco

Hidradenitis
Roberto Cortes-Franco

Ecthyma/Erysipelas
Roberto Cortes-Franco

Necrotizing Fasciitis (Streptococcal Gangrene)
Roberto Arenas

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (Ritter's Disease)
Roberto Estrada

Anthrax
Roberto Arenas

Tularemia
Roberto Arenas

Rhinoscleroma
Gisela Navarrete

Lyme Borreliosis
Roberto Arenas

Syphilis
Sergio Eduardo Gonzalez-Gonzalez Pinta Roberto Arenas

Yaws (Pian, Frambesia)
Roberto Arenas

Endemic Syphilis (Bejel)
Roberto Arenas

Chancroid (Soft Chancre)
Sergio Eduardo Gonzalez-Gonzalez

Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
Clemente Moreno-Collado

Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Clemente Moreno-Collado

Pediculosis
Roberto Estrada

Scabies (Sarna)
Roberto Estrada

Larva Migrans (Larva Migrans Syndrome)
Roberto Estrada

Tungiasis
Giancarlo Albanese

Myiasis
Roberto Estrada

Leishmaniasis
Roberto Arenas

Cutaneous Amebiasis
Roberto Estrada

Trypanosomiasis
Roberto Estrada

Onchocerciasis
Roberto Arenas

Trichinosis
Rafael Herrera-Esparza and Esperanza Avalos-Diaz

Dracunculosis
Roberto Estrada

Cysticercosis
Gisela Navarrete

Herpes Simplex/Aphthous Ulcer
Roberto Arenas

Varicella/Zoster
Roberto Arenas

Viral Warts/Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia
Roberto Arenas

Molluscum Contagiosum
Roberto Arenas

Dengue
Roberto Arenas

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Roberto Arenas and Rodolfo Vick Pellagra/Kwashiorkor

Roberto Arenas and Guadalupe
Chavez

Miliaria/Dyshidrosis
Roberto Arenas and Roberto Estrada

Caloric Intertrigo
Roberto Estrada

Tropical Ulcer
R. J. Hay

Reactions to Contact with Marine Animals
Giancarlo Albanese

Reactions to Arthropods
(Spiders) Edmundo Velazquez-Gonzalez

Reactions to Arthropods (Scorpions)
Edmundo Velazquez-Gonzalez

Ashy Dermatosis
Roberto Arenas

Acne
Roberto Cortes-Franco

Ainhum (Spontaneous
Dactylolysis) Roberto Arenas

Actinic Prurigo
Esther Guevara, Elisa Vega-Memije MaTeresa Hojyo, Roberto Cortes-Franco, Luciano Dominguez-Soto

Keloids
Roberto Arenas and Josefina Carbajosa

Verruga Peruana: An Infectious Endemic Angiomatosis
Hector Caceres-Rios

Companion Books:

Dermatopathology
Sanchez

Tropical Neurology
Misra